River Oil Spill Case Study

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a) Where and when did the fluid spill occur?: The oil spills both occurred in Alberta. The Little Buffalo Oil Spill occurred on April 2011, and The Red Deer River Oil Spill occurred on June 2012.
b) What was the effect on the environment?: The Little Buffalo oil spill contaminated more than three hectares of beaver ponds and muskeg in a densely forested area northeast of Peace River, Alta. The Red Deer River Oil Spill Almost half a million litres of sour crude oil leaked into a creek that flows into the Red Deer River located about 100 kilometres north of Calgary near the community of Sundre.
c) What was involved in the clean-up?: After the Red Deer River Oil Spill the organization NOVA Chemicals and Trout Unlimited Canada helped clean

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